Justin <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> If there's really something fundamentally wrong with this idea, then
> let's only do the necessary ones.
No, nothing fundamentally wrong. I just prefer to avoid unnecessary
notational clutter. Your approach of "let's quote *every* shell
variable" is defensible but I find it a tad over-the-top. Comes down
to a judgment call about code legibility, I suppose.
regards, tom lane